Detroit-Area Man Indicted for Attempting to Conceal Evidence in Connection with Upcoming Trial for $30 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Seattle Whistleblower Attorneys report that a Detroit
-area man was indicted today, August 28, 2014, for obstruction of justice in connection
with his alleged attempts to conceal evidence relevant to his upcoming
trial for an alleged health care fraud scheme with estimated losses
exceeding $30 million.

Zafar Mehmood, 48, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, is currently awaiting trial
for his alleged role in a Medicare fraud health care scheme involving, among
other allegations, the submission of fraudulent claims to Medicare for
services that were medically unnecessary or never provided.
Mehmood allegedly used at least four home health agencies in
the Detroit area, including Access Care Home Care Inc., Patient Care
Home Care Inc., Hands On Healing Home Care Inc. and All State Home Care
Inc., to perpetrate his fraud.

According to today’s indictment, on July 25, 2014, and again on July 28,
2014, Mehmood attempted to alter and conceal records and documents,
which included several patient files, with the intent to impair their
integrity and availability for use in his upcoming trial.

An indictment is merely an allegation, and the defendant is presumed
innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a
court of law.